The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 Seiten |
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... sometimes peck open the nectaries of flowers for the same purpose . Shrikes eat that part of the humble bee that contains the honey , while the Redstart has a habit of watching about where there are honey - laden flowers , with a view ...
... sometimes peck open the nectaries of flowers for the same purpose . Shrikes eat that part of the humble bee that contains the honey , while the Redstart has a habit of watching about where there are honey - laden flowers , with a view ...
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... sometimes observed . In the very thickest strata of our freestone , and at considerable depths , well - diggers often find large scallops or pectines , having both shells deeply striated , and ridged and furrowed alternately . They are ...
... sometimes observed . In the very thickest strata of our freestone , and at considerable depths , well - diggers often find large scallops or pectines , having both shells deeply striated , and ridged and furrowed alternately . They are ...
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... sometimes used in buildings . In many parts of that waste it lies scattered on the surface of the ground ; but is dug on Weaver's Down , a vast hill on the eastern verge of that forest , where the pits are shallow and the stratum thin ...
... sometimes used in buildings . In many parts of that waste it lies scattered on the surface of the ground ; but is dug on Weaver's Down , a vast hill on the eastern verge of that forest , where the pits are shallow and the stratum thin ...
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... sometimes thirty brace in a day . But there was a nobler species of game in this forest , now extinct , which I have heard old people say abounded much before shooting flying became so common , and that was the heath - cock , black ...
... sometimes thirty brace in a day . But there was a nobler species of game in this forest , now extinct , which I have heard old people say abounded much before shooting flying became so common , and that was the heath - cock , black ...
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... sometimes been communicated to the under- woods , woods , and coppices , where great damage has ensued . The plea for these burnings is , that , when the old coat of heath , etc. , is consumed , young will sprout up , and afford much ...
... sometimes been communicated to the under- woods , woods , and coppices , where great damage has ensued . The plea for these burnings is , that , when the old coat of heath , etc. , is consumed , young will sprout up , and afford much ...
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abound Alauda Andalusia animals appear April autumn beeches birds of prey blackcap breed brood called chaffinches colour cuckoo curious district Edited eggs feed feet female fern-owl field fieldfares flies flocks frequently frost garden grass ground Hanger haunt hedges hirundines Hirundo house-martins inches insects Joseph Skipsey July July 13 July 22 June June 11 June 22 June 9 last seen late legs LETTER Linnæus male manner MARKWICK martins migration morning Motacilla natural history naturalist neighbouring nest never night observed owls perhaps plants ponds prey procure quadrupeds remarkable remiges retire ring-dove ring-ousels rooks season seems SELBORNE Sept sings snow soon species spring stone-curlew strange suppose Sussex swallow swarm swifts tail thrushes titmouse trees vast village weather wild wings winter wonder Woodlark woods wren young